Re: [CR]Durkopp

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From: "bikenut" <bikenut@gte.net>
To: "Classic Rendevous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <3f.8519ee8.29c803dc@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Durkopp
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:44:38 -0800


Dale German all the way....Ted Ernst Bicycles in Manhattan Beach, CA has had many fine examples of this marque over the years....As well Chuck Schmidt has some nice reproduced Durkopp catalogs.

Durkopp regieren Fahrräder!

Matthew Gorski
Belmont Shore, CA


----- Original Message -----
From: OROBOYZ@aol.com
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: [CR]Durkopp



> Hey gang:
> What does anyone know more about Durkopp? German or Swiss?
> It looks like, in this catalog page, it was top stuff in the 1940s-early 50s.
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com./Switzerland/SIEBERcat_5.gif
>
> Note that the Durkopp hubs are more expensive than FBs, etc. I see references
> to Durkopp bikes all the way back to the turn of the century plus automobiles
> and modern sewing machines...
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina